I have added a page which contains work I first completed in 1989, a translation of an article by CFW Walther in the 1844 Issue of Der Lutheraner titled “Von Dem Namen ‘Lutheraner'”. I did the first version of this translation in 1989 when I was quite young. I reviewed…
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Estimating the Christian Minority in Roman Pre-Christendom
Content taken and revised from my 2003 PhD Dissertation -> Dissertation_Mark_Nispel_2003 In the earlier post and paper, “‘Away with the Atheists’: Anti-Christian Rhetorica In Pre-Christendom” I presented an initial model of Christianity as a minority population within the Jewish community, which itself was a minority population within the Roman empire.…
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ἀχειροποίητος: ‘Made Without Hands’ – The Lord’s Work of Resurrection and Salvation
Link to dedicated page. I wrote this paper almost 10 years ago. I attempted to have it published at the time but was unsuccessful. It is a continuation of my work on early Christian linguistic creativity which resulted in short hand testimonia and verbal references to Old Testament proof texts…
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‘Away with the Atheists’: Anti-Christian Rhetorica in Pre-Christendom
Not maintaining a regular study or writing habit for multiple years has led to rusty language skills of both input and output. Life as a software manager instead of an individual contributor who designs and implements logical solutions via c++ structure and syntax has led to a felt lack of…
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Reboot: Hello world!
Hello World! After a long hiatus the time has arrived to once again reboot a web presence for distribution of my published and unpublished work, both academic and mere items of personal interest. After a number of years of sequential geographic moves for professional reasons, I have finally settled long…